Gaultheria humifusa
(Graham) Rydb.
Alpine spicywintergreen, Alpine wintergreen
Gaultheria humifusa is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
Lodgepole Forest, wetland-riparian
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[Wikipedia] Native Range, Habitat, Growth Habit: It is native to western North America, from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist subalpine mountain forests. It is a low, spreading shrub which may be quite small, forming flat patches on the ground or amongst rock and leaf litter. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
